Cheryl Rainfield's Blog, page 17
March 5, 2019
March 4, 2019
Look what just arrived! Talented illustrator Aino Anto’s THE MOON WATCHED IT ALL, written by Shelley Leedahl.
It’s so exciting and it feels so good to see my friends’ books come out! #kidlit #picturebook If you’re in Toronto she has a book launch at Mabel’s Fables this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
#ainoanto #illustrator #themoonwatcheditall #shelleyaleedahl #booksmakegreatpresents #mablesfables
March 3, 2019
I give Petal a bath …
(and blow dry and coconut oil on her skin) and then she gives me a bath! (laughing)
petalrainfield #chinesecrested #hairyhairless #dogstagram #ilovemydog #ilovemychinesecresteddog #dogmom
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March 2, 2019
I am reading and absolutely loving #mglit fantasy TILLY AND THE BOOKWANDERERS by Anna James.
It is such a deliciously magical bookish novel about Tilly, a girl who loves to read who lives with her grandparents in a bookshop and starts to see and then be able to talk with her favorite characters from books including Anne of Green Gables. (I love Anne of Green Gables and I think the author captured her perfectly). She also spots her grandparents talking to their favorite authors.
I love the idea of characters from books coming to life, and it reminds me a bit of INKHEART by Cornelia Funke (another of my favourites). I love books about books, especially when they are magical. It also deals with loss of a parent, being left out, and discovering new friends.
I am finding this such a comforting, fun, delightful, satisfying read that I think it will become one of my favorites that I want to re-read over and over. And I am excited to see that it is the first in a series (Pages & Co)
tillyandthebookwanderers #annajames #mgfantasy #pagesandco #bookrecs #bookrecommendations #booklove #bookstagram
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February 28, 2019
My sweet author assistant keeping me company as I write
resting her head on her favourite toy. I love this little girl.
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February 27, 2019
If you have a dream, I hope you go after it.
If your dream makes you feel happier, or more alive, or if it feels like what you need to be doing, then I hope you keep after it.
It can take a while to get success; it usually doesn’t happen overnight. It took me more than 10 years and hundreds of rejections from editors and agents to get SCARS published. I knew I was going to get rejections. I’d researched it, and I expected it.
For the first 8 years or so I was doing okay, but then 9 years into it and 10 years into it I felt so much depression and so much despair. I wanted to give up–but I couldn’t.
If I had given up then SCARS wouldn’t have been published, and it wouldn’t have reached people and brought healing. So if you have a dream, if there’s something you feel like you need to do, then I hope you don’t give up on it. I hope you don’t give up on you. Keep after your dream.
Love to you, Cheryl Rainfield, author of SCARS, STAINED, and HUNTED.
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